Driving Tour

First set of numbers are video/dvd counter times for each site’s reference. Bold numbers following each item coordinate with driving tour map, available in a pdf by clicking here or as a .jpg below.

Halloween

0:07:00   Smith’s Grove, Illinois (title) 17
0:29:54   “I remember a guy over in Russellville.” 4

The Fog

0:33:17   “Restoration of the Morgantown Road Cemetery.”
(cemetery is fictional) 6
0:58:51   “...toward the weather station on old Russellville Road.”  5
1:12:04   “I think it’s Chestnut.”  13
1:12:18   “It’s moving faster now, up Regent Avenue…”  10
1:12:20   “...up to the end of Smallhouse Road.”  2
1:12:32   “It’s just hitting the outskirts of town…Clay Street.”  8
1:13:01   “It’s moving down Tenth Street.” 14
1:13:27   “Stay away from the fog. Richardsville Pike…”  7
1:13:45   “Now the junction at 101 is cut off.” 16

Halloween II

0:09:40   Smiths Grove-Warren County Sanitorium
(sanitorium is fictional)  17
0:18:08   “... moving north onto Scottsville Road.”  1
0:18:13   “... meet me at the ByPass.” (31W ByPass)  15
0:22:07   Smiths Grove-Warren County Sanitorium 17
0:25:12   “He’s in Russellville.”  4
0:27:24   “The streets between Chestnut…“  13
0:27:25   “...and Tenth are jammed…” 14
0:28:57   “...field behind that Lost River Drive-In.”
(Lost River Drive-In was where Hillvue Heights now stands.)  3
0:41:07   “I want a sweep from Chestnut…”  13
0:41:09   “...south to the ByPass.” (31W ByPass)  15
0:54:02   “...ordered back to Smiths Grove.” 17

Real Life Sites

Childhood Home
Log Cabin - 14th Street (across from Hilltop Shops)
Former home open to the public 9am-5pm Mon.-Fri. when WKU is in session.  9

High School
College High (Now Science & Technology Hall) 11

College
Western Kentucky University (until transferring to USC) 11

Movie Theater
Capitol Arts Center (416 East Main)  12

“My favorite movie of all time I saw at the Capitol…”
- John Carpenter, Hall of Distinguished Alumni Video, 1999